You're invited to come to the Third Annual Armitage Arts Festival, a multi-arts celebration that connects community members, artists, neighborhood organizations and businesses in Chicago’s Hermosa and Logan Square neighborhoods. This festival includes live music and other activities in venues along W. Armitage Avenue—at the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, Mozart Park, Rosa's Lounge and Weegee’s Lounge.

The 2016 Armitage Arts Festival is brought to you by a coalition of organizations and businesses that comprises a community-building initiative along W. Armitage Ave—including SRBCC, Rosa’s Lounge, Borderbend Arts Collective, En Las Tablas Performing Arts, Mozart Park, Logan Square Neighborhood Association, and Weegee’s Lounge. The first public program presented by this coalition was the 2014 Armitage Arts Festival; other Armitage Arts programs have happened several times a year since A2’s inception.

You’re invited to come to Armitage Arts: Summer City in a Garden, a multimedia Night Out in the Parks event presented by the Borderbend Arts Collective. Armitage Arts: Summer City in a Garden includes a set of live painting with phonography, collaborations with writers and musicians, and an art making workshop for all ages.

Armitage Arts: Summer City in a Garden is part of a community arts initiative along W. Armitage Ave; other Armitage Arts programs have included the 2014 and 2015 Armitage Arts Festivals, as well as events at the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, Rosa’s Lounge and Weegee’s Lounge.

Funding for this program is also being provided by Poets & Writers. Support for Readings & Workshops events in Chicago is provided by an endowment established with generous contributions from the Poets & Writers Board of Directors and others. Additional support comes from the Friends of Poets & Writers.

Weegee's Lounge's 10th Anniversary Party will be a lot of fun, and it's for a great cause -- to benefit Mozart Park. Weegee's Lounge is a unique local establishment that has been an important supporter of the arts and culture in this neighborhood.

Weegee's Lounge has been a big supporter of Armitage Arts since its inception in spring 2014.

Join us for a Mozart Park community meeting and contribute to the Mozart Park Advisory Council and future planning of Mozart Park programs and events. Your input will help guide future development and ensure that Mozart Park continues to represent the interests and priorities of the surrounding neighborhood.

75 teens will showcase their talents at the first After School Matters Arts and Tech Fair at the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center in Hermosa, co-hosted by After School Matters, Borderbend Arts Collective and the Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center. Attendees will have the chance to watch performances and demonstrations of the teens’ work. The fair is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.

Armitage Arts' Winter Jam at Rosa's Lounge is brought to you by a coalition of organizations and businesses that comprises a community-building initiative along W. Armitage Ave. The first public program presented by this coalition was the 2014 Armitage Arts Festival; other Armitage Arts events have been hosted by Rosa’s Lounge, SRBCC, Weegee’s Lounge, and Mozart Park.

The Armitage Arts Festival is a multi-arts celebration that connects people of all ages, artists, and neighborhood organizations and businesses in Chicago’s Hermosa and Logan Square neighborhoods. This festival includes live music, literary performances, visual art, and other activities in venues along W. Armitage Avenue—at Mozart Park, Segundo Ruiz Belvis Cultural Center, and Weegee’s Lounge.

The 2015 Armitage Arts Festival is brought to you by a coalition of organizations and businesses that comprises a community-building initiative along W. Armitage Ave. The first public program presented by this coalition was the 2014 Armitage Arts Festival; other Armitage Arts events have been hosted by Rosa’s Lounge, SRBCC, Weegee’s Lounge, and Mozart Park.

“Armitage Arts at Rosa’s Lounge” is brought to you by a consortium of organizations and businesses that comprises a community-building initiative along W. Armitage Ave.; the first public program presented by this consortium was the inaugural Armitage Arts Festival, which was a huge success. The Armitage Arts series also included “Armitage Arts at SRBCC” (Feb. 28th)—will continue later this year with “Armitage Arts: Summer Edition” at Mozart Park, and the 2015 Armitage Arts Festival.

This event is brought to you by a consortium of organizations and businesses that is a community-building initiative along W. Armitage Ave.; the first public program presented by this consortium was the inaugural Armitage Arts Festival (Sept. 2014), which was a huge success. The Armitage Arts event at SRBCC on Feb. 28th builds on the momentum that was started with the 2014 Armitage Arts Festival, and which is part of a program series continues throughout 2015.

Nelson Amour's artist statement, from artonarmitage.com: "Lake County, Illinois, is an excellent place to live. The County boasts of many wealthy suburban communities along with its largest city, Waukegan. Overall, the County is racially and ethnically diverse with a Hispanic/Latino population of over 14%, African American population of almost 7%, and an Asian population of close to 4%. Yet, depending on your home community, residential diversity is lacking. In many Lake County communities, most of the service workers are minorities, Latinos or African American. For example, in my town of Highland Park, a majority of landscape crews are Latino. Many first generation immigrants have started their own landscape businesses or found employment in these enterprises. Today, many Mexican Americans have pursued the “American Dream” through landscape businesses, either as owners or workers."The hard work and effort of these small business people and workers are evident in the well-cared lawns and gardens of the area. These workers contribute to the high quality of life in these communities, but rarely live in them; their homes and communities are often separate from many Lake County suburbs. While visible on the job, they are some times invisible as individuals.

Above: Mr. Efrain Delgado

"In At Work/At Home, En el Trabajo/En Casa I highlight these workers. Through formal portraits, I hope to bring out their individuality and hard work. Each portrait is paired with another taken at the person’s house or in the community. This pairing of “at work” and “at home” provides recognition of each individual’s work and personal life. This work was inspired by Milton Rogovin’s series, 'Working People.'"